Somewhere there is a message in the protest of the man who said, “You can’t tell me that worry doesn’t help. The things I worry about never happen.”
BOYD K. PACKERDespite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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I’m not ashamed to say that I want to be good. And I’ve found in my life that it has been critically important to establish this intention between me and the Lord so that I knew that HE knew which way I committed my agency.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.
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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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The flak is always the heaviest closest to the target
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If you will turn away from sin, you will be able one day to know the peace that comes from following the pathway of complete repentance.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.
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No teaching is equal, more spiritually rewarding, or more exalting than that of a mother teaching her children.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .
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Some people think a miracle is only a miracle if it happens instantaneously, but miracles can grow slowly and patience and faith can compel things to happen that otherwise never would have come to pass.
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